81299601-Supporting legal aid, law reform, law enforcement and fighting gender-based violence in Tanzania

GIZ is supporting the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs (MoCLA) in Tanzania in their efforts with regard to strengthening human rights, especially women"s and children"s rights, access to justice and legal aid. To this end, there are two programmes which are being set up and implemented in close collaboration: The bilateral project "Access to Justice for Women and Children/ Society in Action for Equality (SAFE)" aims at contributing towards the elimination of gender-based violence through improving the prerequisites for access to justice for women and children. To this end, it will work towards (1) identifying legal and institutional causes that may impede access to justice, (2) strengthening the capacities of state actors to provide support services in cases of violence against women and children, and (3) improving the support offerings of non-state actors at the community level. The pilot regions will be in Dodoma and Tanga and pilot communities are currently being identified. The regional project "Promotion of the Rule of Law and Judiciary in Africa" (PRoLA) aims to strengthen the rule of law by focusing on improving access to justice for vulnerable citizens, especially women, and economic actors in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, and Tanzania. PRoLA will, thus, work towards (1) Strengthening access to justice for vulnerable citizens, especially women; (2) Strengthening access to justice for economic actors; (3) Aligning judicial structures with the independence of the judiciary; (4) Improving accessibility of legal information for legal practitioners.